Amphibious Ship Sails Through Taiwan Strait
August 23 2019
A U.S. Navy amphibious warship has transited the Taiwan Strait in the service's latest freedom of navigation operation, reports the Taiwan News.
On Friday, USS Green Bay (LPD-20) sailed through the strait from south to north, crossing slightly east of the de-facto line separating Chinese and Taiwanese waters, reported the Liberty Times.
The operation "demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, told Reuters. ...
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